You can't miss the Filipino fruit salad they serve in their home parties and get-togethers. It's a mix of sweet delicious exotic fruits like mangoes, pineapples, coconut gelatin and the whole nine yards nestled in a base of creaminess that satisfy your palate and your soul.
You can put any fruit you want in it but there are a must have ingredients to make it a Filipino fruit salad. What are those ingredients? Well, read on and dig deeper.
No. It's not just a Filipino delicacy. At a Pinoy party, it's everyone's delicacy!
If you are following a low fat vegetarian diet, then this fruit dessert salad is a must try.
To make it vegetarian or vegan, some substitutions have been made but the whole delicious exotic concept of the recipe has been preserved.
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Dye-hard Pinoy chefs use Nestle Cream or Cream Cheese. In this Pinoy fruit salad recipe, we will be using raw cashew nuts.
They also use canned fruits, but we will be using fresh fruits as much as possible here and we are skipping the sugary condensed milk.
Note: By all means, if young coconut is available use it including the coconut water for the flavor.
Take all the fruits and put them in a big mixing bowl. Get half part of the pineapple and torment it by crushing it yourself. It's much tastier than the ones that come in a can.
You can make the raw cashew sauce by grinding them in your high speed blender until the nuts are fully grinded and pulverized.
Cashews make an excellent creamy base for anything that calls for cream including salad dressings and dessert's frosting.
If you are a die-hard vegan, you can skip the condensed milk. But if you can't get away with it and you're lacto vegetarian, then sure, go for it.
If you are using a young coconut, the water is sweet enough. Raspberries will give a beautiful color to the salad.
Mix all the ingredients together until all the fruits are coated and creamy with the cashew sauce. Cover the bowl and chill. Serve as a dessert or put it where your fruit cocktail is 'cause they make good neighbors.
Enjoy the party.
This Filipino fruit salad is one of the best in my Filipino food list. Give it a go for your next party or get together. It's an awesome addition to your vegetarian food list.
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